IIHF European Junior Championships
The IIHF European Junior Championships were an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation and held from 1968 to 1998, with an unofficial tournament being held in 1967.[1] The tournament was played as a U19 tournament from 1968-1976. In 1977, the IIHF created the IIHF World Junior Championships, and the U19 championships became U18. The tournament was dominated by the Russians (and Soviets), Czechs (and Czechoslovaks), Swedes and Finns, winning all but two of the medals in the 31 years it was held.
The U18 Championships remained strong until 1999, when the new IIHF World U18 Championships were introduced, thus rendering the U18 European Championships redundant. Two European Divisions continued until 2000, but were tiered qualifiers, alongside Asian Divisions, with promotion and relegation to the World Group B.
Champions
U19
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Host |
1967 (unofficial) |
Soviet Union |
Finland |
Sweden |
Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
1968 |
Czechoslovakia |
Soviet Union |
Sweden |
Tampere, Finland |
1969 |
Soviet Union |
Sweden |
Czechoslovakia |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany |
1970 |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Sweden |
Geneva, Switzerland |
1971 |
Soviet Union |
Sweden |
Czechoslovakia |
Prešov, Slovak SR, Czechoslovakia |
1972 |
Sweden |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Boden, Luleå, Skellefteå, Sweden |
1973 |
Soviet Union |
Sweden |
Czechoslovakia |
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
1974 |
Sweden |
Soviet Union |
Finland |
Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland |
1975 |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Sweden |
Grenoble, France |
1976 |
Soviet Union |
Sweden |
Finland |
Koprivnice, Opava, Czech SR, Czechoslovakia |
U18
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Host |
1977 |
Sweden |
Czechoslovakia |
Soviet Union |
Bremerhaven, Bremen, West Germany |
1978 |
Finland |
Soviet Union |
Sweden |
Helsinki, Vantaa, Finland |
1979 |
Czechoslovakia |
Finland |
Soviet Union |
Tychy, Katowice, Poland |
1980 |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Sweden |
Hradec Králové, Czech SR, Czechoslovakia |
1981 |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Sweden |
Minsk, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
1982 |
Sweden |
Czechoslovakia |
Soviet Union |
Ängelholm, Tyringe, Sweden |
1983 |
Soviet Union |
Finland |
Czechoslovakia |
Oslo, Norway |
1984 |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Sweden |
Rosenheim, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Füssen, Bad Tölz, Bavaria West Germany |
1985 |
Sweden |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Anglet, France |
1986 |
Finland |
Sweden |
Czechoslovakia |
Düsseldorf, Ratingen, Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
1987 |
Sweden |
Czechoslovakia |
Soviet Union |
Tampere, Kouvola, Hämeenlinna, Finland |
1988 |
Czechoslovakia |
Finland |
Soviet Union |
Frýdek-Místek, Vsetín, Olomouc, Prerov, Czech Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia |
1989 |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Finland |
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
1990 |
Sweden |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Örnsköldsvik, Sollefteå, Sweden |
1991 |
Czechoslovakia |
Soviet Union |
Finland |
Spišská Nová Ves, Prešov, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia |
1992 |
Czechoslovakia |
Sweden |
Russia |
Lillehammer, Hamar, Norway |
1993 |
Sweden |
Russia |
Czech Republic |
Nowy Targ, Oswiecim, Poland |
1994 |
Sweden |
Russia |
Czech Republic |
Jyväskylä, Finland |
1995 |
Finland |
Germany |
Sweden |
Berlin, Germany |
1996 |
Russia |
Finland |
Sweden |
Ufa, Russia |
1997 |
Finland |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
Znojmo, Trebic, Czech Republic |
1998 |
Sweden |
Finland |
Russia |
Malung, Mora, Sweden |
Medal Table
European Division I (Qualifier for World Group B)
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